exam1f09 - Math 215 First Midterm October 22, 2009 Name:...

Math 215 — First Midterm October 22, 2009 Name: Instructor: Section: 1. Do not open this exam until you are told to do so. 2. This exam has 9 pages including this cover. There are 8 problems. Note that the problems are not of equal diFculty, so you may want to skip over and return to a problem on which you are stuck. 3. Do not separate the pages of this exam. If they do become separated, write your name on every page and point this out to your instructor when you hand in the exam. 4. Please read the instructions for each individual problem carefully. One of the skills being tested on this exam is your ability to interpret mathematical questions, so instructors will not answer questions about exam problems during the exam. 5. Show an appropriate amount of work (including appropriate explanation) for each problem, so that graders can see not only your answer but how you obtained it. Include units in your answer where that is appropriate. 6. You may use no aids (e.g., calculators or notecards) on this exam. 7. If you use graphs or tables to ±nd an answer, be sure to include an explanation and sketch of the graph, and to write out the entries of the table that you use. 8. Turn of all cell phones and pagers , and remove all headphones. 9. Because no calculators or notecards are allowed, you are not required to evaluate expressions you may obtain in the solution of these problems. In some cases it may be to your advantage to simplify expressions, but it will not be required for full credit.

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